# Accident 20100926049039A: Cessna 150F, Sweetwater, TN, September 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2010, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5964° N, 84.3553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5964&lon=-84.3553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7915F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7915F-2011-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 330 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA503) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100926049039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N7915F DEPARTED COBB COUNTY AIRPORT - MCCOLLUM FIELD  GA. (RYY) BOUND FOR  DOWNTOWN ISLAND AIRPORT (DKX) KNOXVILLE TN ON 9/26/2010. THE ONLY RADIO CONTACT MADE WITH THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON DEPARTURE FROM COBB COUNTY AIRPORT - MCCOLLUM FIELD  GA (RYY).  THE FIRST RADAR CONTACT AT KNOXVILLE APPROACH WAS MADE AT 1433Z AT 3700FT, SPEED 85, HEADING 041 DEG. THE RADAR TRACK SHOWED  THAT THE AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT  (MNV) AND MADE A CIRCULAR TURN TO THE LEFT. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT MONROE COUNTY HEARD AN AIRCRAFT CALL INTO THE MONROE CO. AIRPORT. THE LAST AIRCRAFT RADAR  CONTACT WAS AT 1459Z, ALT 1600FT, SPEED 38, HEADING 056 DEG. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED AT 1670 FT ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN .

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10FA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA503), Sep 26, 2010: Cessna 150F (N7915F), Sweetwater, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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